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(FILES) This file photo taken on August 29, 2016 shows US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter during a press conference with India's Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
The Pentagon is halting efforts to claw back recruitment bonuses paid out a decade ago to enlist troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced October 26, 2016, responding to public outrage. Nearly 10,000 California National Guard members were being ordered to pay back at least $15,000 each in bonuses used as inducements during recruitment drives to overcome a troop shortage.
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